Untold Ref Review: ManU 1 – Newcastle 1

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By Ref Reviewer 05

A new day, a new game, a new reviewer….and a game in which we have seen something unique: a wrong penalty call against Manchester United. And this at Old Trafford. Ref Jones did the game between Manchester United and Newcastle United. What’s the score ref?

Min

Type

Foul from

On

C/NC

Comment

points

weight

5

Other

Taylor

Chicharito

N/C

Not much wrong with that challenge

0

0

6

Other

Ferdinand

Ba

N/C

Push in back

0

0

7

Other

Simpson

Young

N/C

Push in back

0

0

10

Offside

Chicharito

C

Since I don’t have a good view I will have to agree with the non-call

1

1

12

Offside

Ba

C

1

1

13

Other

Ben Arfa

Giggs

C

Pull

1

1

15

Other

Ben Arfa

Young

C

Holding

1

1

17

Other

Giggs

Ben Arfa

C

Trip

1

1

18

Other

Gutierrez

Chicharito

N/C

Falls to easy and Chicarito was already going down and held his arms around Gutierez

0

0

20

Other

R. Taylor

Giggs

C

Bad camera work

1

1

21

Other

Chicharito

Taylor

N/C

Should have been the other way around

0

0

21

Offside

Taylor

C

1

1

22

Other

Nani

Gutierrez

C

High foot

1

1

23

Offside

Chicharito

C

1

1

25

Other

Obertan

Evra

N/C

Nothing wrong

0

0

25

Other

Cabaye

Evra

C

Trip

1

1

26

Other

Rooney

Coloccini

C

Rooney kicking as hard as possible when Coloccini’s legs are in the way

1

1

26

Yellow

Rooney

N/C

You can see that Rooney tries to kick as hard as possible, only to hurt the other player, at least a yellow card and this could have been also a red if this would happen in another country.

0

0

26

Yellow

Ben Arfa

C

Ben Arfa shouldn’t rush in like that, but there’s nothing wrong with his message to Rooney.

1

2

28

Other

MU

N/C

Handball. Ref signals advantage butNewcastlelose the ball. The foul was 8 meters outside the Utd penalty area so a possible good position for a direct free kick

0

0

29

Other

Evra

Obertan

N/C

Trip

0

0

36

Other

Carrick

Gutierrez

C

Good tackle

1

1

39

Other

Carrick

Guthrie

C

Trip

1

1

45

Other

Nani

Cabaye

C

Push

1

1

46

Other

Ba

Vidic

C

Unlucky collision

1

1

Half time

16

17

CORRECT

64,00%

62,96%

YELLOW

1

2

50,00%

RED

0

0

PENALTY

0

0

GOAL

0

0

OTHER

1

1

100%

TOTAL

2

3

66.67%

OFFSIDE

4

4

100.00%

Second half

47

Offside

Chicharito

C

1

1

47

Other

Fabio

Gutierrez

N/C

Stretches his arms to protect the ball

0

0

47

Other

Guthrie

Rooney

N/C

Rooney misplaced his jump and gets the freekick

0

0

48

Other

Simpson

Young

C

Trip

1

1

48

Other

Taylor

Chicharito

C

To late

1

1

49

Goal

Chicharito

C

No Offside, C goal

1

3

52

Other

Cabaye

C

Looks to me like he touches the ball last, so CC

1

1

52

Yellow

Cabaye

C

Hits the ball to the ground

1

2

53

Other

Young

Simpson

C

Nothing wrong with the challenge

1

1

54

Other

Fabio

Gutierrez

C

Catches his leg

1

1

54

Yellow

Fabio

C

Bad angle to judge from but does come in with big speed into the challenge

1

2

55

Offside

Chicharito

C

1

1

56

Other

Young

Simpson

C

Push

1

1

59

Other

Guthrie

Giggs

C

Wild but no bad intent

1

1

62

Penalty

Ferdinand

Ben Arfa

N/C

Ref had it right but the assistant let him down, was a good tackle

0

0

62

Goal

Ba

N/C

Wasn’t a penalty so N/C goal

0

0

63

Yellow

Ferdinand

N/C

Ferdinand went to the ref after the penalty was given to show his dissent

0

0

65

Other

Gutierrez

Carrick

C

Wild and late

1

1

65

Yellow

Gutierrez

C

Late tackle, correct card

1

1

67

Other

Guthrie

Evra

C

Brought him off balance

1

1

67

Yellow

Guthrie

C

Evra was at full speed and could open things up

1

2

68

Offside

Chicharito

C

1

1

69

Other

Ben Arfa

Vidic

C

1

1

71

Other

Carrick

Ben Arfa

C

Ben Arfa falls

1

1

73

Other

Vidic

Ba

C

Unfurtunate

1

1

74

Other

Taylor

Nani

C

Push

1

1

76

Other

Rooney

Gutierrez

C

Push

1

1

76

Yellow

Rooney

N/C

Rooney shows his dissent once again in a clear way against the ref. Why doesn’t he book him?

0

0

78

Other

Rooney

Pearch

C

Advantage

0

1

78

Other

Gutierrez

Nani

C

Bad tackle

1

1

78

RED

Gutierrez

C

Studs against both feet, tackle from behind a second yellow card is his part

1

3

80

Other

Carrick

Ba

C

Schwalbe

1

1

81

Other

Young

Krul

N/C

Dangereous & wild tackle and was never going to be first

0

0

81

Yellow

Young

N/C

Sliding with an outstretched leg to the keeper is dangerous play, should have been a yellow

0

0

82

Other

Young

Simpson

N/C

50/50 ball but Young came in with a stretched leg towards the opponent. Should have been a foul

0

0

82

Yellow

Young

N/C

Again with the foot stretched to his opponent but he got away with it once so he goes in it again

0

0

84

Penalty

Taylor

Vidic

N/C

Pushes Vidic in the air

0

0

86

Other

Man u

Krul

N/C

Push

0

0

87

Other

Simpson

C

That wasnt a pass to the keeper

1

1

87

Other

Fabio

Cabaye

C

Trip, couldve left advantage

1

1

88

Other

Ameobi

Fabio

C

Push

1

1

89

Penalty

Simpson

Chicharito

C

Chicharito does fall but has no intention for a penalty, there is a spat because of it though

1

3

92

Other

Fabio

Ba

C

Pulls him back

1

1

94

Offside

Chicharito

C

Very close, but his upperbody is just about offside

1

1

94

Goal

Chicharito

C

Disallowed goal because of the offside, CC

1

3

2nd half score

TOTAL

32

44

%

CORRECT

72.73%

65.67%

YELLOW

7

42.86%

RED

1

1

100.00%

PENALTY

1

3

33.33%

GOAL

2

3

66.67

OTHER

5

7

71.43

12

21

57.14%

OFFSIDE

4

4/td>

100,00

TOTAL SCORE

TOTAL

48

61

%

CORRECT

71,64%

64,89%

YELLOW

4

9

44.44

RED

1

1

100.00

PENALTY

1

3

33.33

GOAL

2

3

66.67

OTHER

6

8

75,00

14

24

58.43

OFFSIDE

8

8

100,00

Correct calls

For mu

27

55,10%

For Newc

22

44.90%

Total correct calls

49

Wrong calls

Against MU

5

25,00%

Against Newc

15

75,00%

Total

20

Total fouls made by

MU

16

51,61%

Newc

15

48,39%

Total

31

Important wrong calls

Against MU

4

57.14%

Against Newc

3

42.86%

7

The Ref had a not that good game, tried to let the game flow but should’ve showed more authority. Specially about the dissent that the United players showed during the game and this also before the penalty incident.

The penalty for Newcastle was wrong because Ferdinand blocked the ball and didn’t really stick out a leg towards Ben Arfa. It was not a ball and man tackle but a clean tackle first on the ball and then there was contact but there was no attempt to make a foul. However it was the assistant who insisted for the penalty. Will we see him again on a field in the EPL? Will SAF have a word with Riley about this?

Wrong calls in general are well in favour of Man U.And as you can see the important wrong calls are pretty balanced so in the end both teams got their share of fortune/misfortune.

Man U also complain more and get away with it, contrary to Newcastle where only 1 person complains and doesn’t get away with it.

6 comments to Untold Ref Review: ManU 1 – Newcastle 1

Rooney is such a petulant little imp. I remember the ref getting in his way and as such the Newcastle player won possession of the ball and Rooney then blatantly and unsportingly shoved the player over.
I think that was the incident in the 76th minute where it says he should have been booked. Not only did he shove the player over unsportingly, he yelled at the ref for getting in his way.

Only a yellow card for Rooney’s kick on Coloccini??? Really??? It was twice as bad as the red card he got against Montenegro–two pointlessly violent kicks instead of one. It should have been a straight red and possibly a four or five game ban.

El Gringo,
As much as I love to see Rooney get a red card in this case it can be said that the Newcastle player kicked the ball away just before Rooney lashed out at him. So in this case he was given the benefit of the doubt.
But giving no card at all was certainly a very bad non call.

“The penalty for Newcastle was wrong because Ferdinand blocked the ball and didn’t really stick out a leg towards Ben Arfa. It was not a ball and man tackle but a clean tackle first on the ball and then there was contact but there was no attempt to make a foul”

I watched the incident several times and this is certainly not what I saw. Ferdinand did not get the ball – Ben Arfa kicked the ball onto Ferdinand’s leg.

Reviewer 05, please look at it again and see if you agree with me. In any event, please tell me what you would rule if my interpretation was correct.